Save the Date

Saturday, October 4, 2014
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Join us for a keynote lunch with Marc Peralta, Executive Director, Best Friends Society, Los Angeles to hear about the NKLA coalition and their goal to create a No Kill city by the end of 2017, one of the most prominent programs in the U.S., and an example of a great way to support animals in other cities without importing the pets themselves

Marc Peralta is the Executive Director for Best Friend Animal Society – Los Angeles where he heads up Best Friends program operations in Los Angeles. His duties as Executive Director specifically include the operations for the Best Friend’s Pet Adoption Center in Mission Hills, CA, the NKLA Pet Adoption Center in West Los Angles as well as leading the 77 group and growing NKLA coalition to make LA a No Kill city by the end of 2017.

Marc also served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer as well as interim CEO at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) located in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to his duties at the Pennsylvania SPCA, Marc also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia. Prior to the PSPCA, Marc worked in animal care manager roles at the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, NV and the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado Springs, CO.

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